Dell Giant
#51 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan King of the Jungle
([November] 1961)
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- On-sale Date
- 1961-09-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Giant
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor)
Issue Notes
in 
in 
[no title indexed]
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Boy]
- Pencils
- Jesse Marsh ?
- Inks
- Jesse Marsh ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Readers:
- Genre
- jungle
Indexer Notes
Handwritten letter signed by Boy. Jesse Marsh may have drawn the framing picture. Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
The Tree of Ages
Tarzan / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan; Boy; Jane Clayton; Captain Smith; Argus (giant eagle); Aguila (giant eagle); Lechwe
- Synopsis
- Captain Smith's plane crashes while he is searching for the Unknown Tree and Tarzan sets out to rescue him.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
"Just Like the Jungle" Games
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
The Axe of Mumbo
Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Boy; Buto; Dombie; Jad-Bal-Ja (golden lion)
- Synopsis
- Boy, Dombie and Buto track some native poachers.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Fun with Boy and Dombie
activity / 0.5 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Jungle Maze
activity / 0.5 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Dassie
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Dassie (a hyrax)
- Synopsis
- After losing her own litter, Dassie raises a pair of orphaned cheetahs.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Nature story. Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Birds in a Tree
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
The Sultan's Ruby
Jane / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Jane Clayton; N'Kima (monkey); Standish (ostrich); Bangawa Alie; Lulona; Bandy (mongoose)
- Synopsis
- When Jane's pet ostrich steals the ruby necklace given to her by another tribe she must find it before a tribal war erupts.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sparky Moore does his best here to imitate Jesse Marsh's style, but the characters' face features are unmistakably his. Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Jane's Jungle Jewelry
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
The Courage of Pan-At-Lee
Tarzan / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan; Om-At; Pan-At-Lee; N'Kima (monkey); In-Don; Ko-Den; Mu-Sar; Tor-O-Don
- Synopsis
- Tarzan and Pan-At-Lee rescue her husband Om-At from the Hu-Don tribe.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Jungle Rhythm
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Treachery in Aba-Zulu
Brothers of the Spear / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- Russ Manning (signed as RM)
- Inks
- Russ Manning (signed as RM)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Russ Manning
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Muvubu (first appearance; villain); Dan-El; Natango; Queen Tavane; Zulena
- Synopsis
- Muvubu and his tribe take over the palace and capture Queen Tavane and Zulena.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Initialed "RM" in first panel, bottom left.
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Du Bois writer credit per page 162, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985.
Du Bois Account Books entry reads, "The Treason of M'bubu. 12p. (Brothers of the Spear). For Tarzan's Jungle World, 1961. Sent October 24, 1960."
Brothers of the Spear Fishing Game
activity / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
The Lost Astronaut
Tarzan / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan; Princess Loma; Margaret MacKenzie (first appearance; an astronaut); King Lotan of Lutor; Ellita
- Synopsis
- When the astronaut Margaret MacKenzie splashes down in Pal-Ul-Don, Tarzan must help her reach civilization.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
New art and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
High Riders
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Pages from Boy's Diary
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jesse Marsh (framing illustration)
- Inks
- Jesse Marsh (framing illustration)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
Indexer Notes
Inner back cover. Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
[Tarzan, Jane, Boy, and Dombie]
Tarzan / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Tarzan; Jane; Boy; Dombie
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan -
1.
["Dear Readers:"]
-
2.
The Tree of Ages
Tarzan -
3.
"Just Like the Jungle" Games
-
4.
The Axe of Mumbo
Boy -
5.
Fun with Boy and Dombie
-
6.
Jungle Maze
-
7.
Dassie
-
8.
Birds in a Tree
-
9.
The Sultan's Ruby
Jane -
10.
Jane's Jungle Jewelry
-
11.
The Courage of Pan-At-Lee
Tarzan -
12.
Jungle Rhythm
-
13.
Treachery in Aba-Zulu
Brothers of the Spear -
14.
Brothers of the Spear Fishing Game
-
15.
The Lost Astronaut
Tarzan -
16.
High Riders
-
17.
Pages from Boy's Diary
-
18.
[Tarzan, Jane, Boy, and Dombie]
Tarzan
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Mike Nielsen
- Dan Kocher
- Pat Conolly
- Ramon Schenk
- Dave Porta
- Gregory Fischer
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Chris Boyko
- Clayton Emery
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